Kalaspur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kalaspur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalaspur plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kalaspur was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kalaspur's incremental SNDi rose from 8.72 to 12.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalaspur ranked 57th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1815th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.3
- Rank in India
- 1773rd of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 53rd of 58
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.2
- Rank in India
- 1815th of 1868
- Rank in Odisha
- 57th of 58
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kalaspur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dhoraji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Huazhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kalaspur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Dhoraji fluctuated in connectivity and Huazhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.